Go Big or Go Home: A Look at the Science Behind Firearm Wound Potential

Before beginning this piece on wound potential of various calibers, I opened a few notebooks and studied the subject again. I ignored reams of paper put out by gun writers but rather concentrated on the works by gentlemen with titles such as doctor, colonel or general. Vincent DiMaio,  Dr Martin  Fackler, John T. Thompson and … Read more

The Truth About Handgun Calibers and Defensive Use

A string of recent comments on some of TTAG’s articles have made it clear there is a lot of misunderstanding out there with regard to how handgun calibers stop threats. Admittedly, it’s a subject steeped in a lot of myths and bad information that was backed by a serious lack of science for many decades. … Read more

After Defying Shut-Down Order, New Mexico Governor Forces Calibers Gun Stores to Close

New Mexico’s authoritarian governor has sent the New Mexico State Police to enforce her decree and close down the Calibers gun shops in Albuquerque as part of her Chinese coronavirus emergency order. This just days after Calibers’ owner announced that he would open his stores once again. Of course, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham says she … Read more

New Mexico Gun Store Tells Governor To Pound Sand, Plans to Re-Open

An Albuquerque, New gun shop has had enough of New Mexico Governor Michelle Grisham’s heavy-handed authoritarianism. Louie Sanchez, owner of Calibers gun shop, says the Constitution trumps the governor’s pandemic over-reach. He plans to open his gun shop regardless of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s empty decrees and threats. “Unless, somehow, she got a magical power … Read more